Watson v. Social Security, Commissioner of

Filing 19

ORDER Accepting and Adopting 18 Report and Recommendation Granting Defendant's 17 Motion for Summary Judgment and Denying Plaintiff's 14 Motion for Summary Judgment. Signed by District Judge Gershwin A. Drain. (TMcg)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
JODIE WATSON,
Case No. 17-cv-11978
Plaintiff,
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE
GERSHWIN A. DRAIN

v.
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY,

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
ANTHONY P. PATTI

Defendant.
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ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING REPORT AND
RECOMMENDTION [#18] GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT [#17] AND DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [#14]
This matter is before the Court on cross motions for summary judgment
regarding the Commissioner’s decision to deny benefits to Plaintiff. This Court
referred the matter to Magistrate Judge Anthony P. Patti, who issued a Report and
Recommendation on August 16, 2018, recommending that the Court grant
Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment and deny Plaintiff’s Motion for
Summary Judgment. Dkt. No. 18, pg. 26 (Pg. ID 533). Neither party has filed
objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, and the time for
filing objections has expired. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). Upon review of the
parties’ briefing and the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation, the
Court concludes that the Magistrate Judge reached the correct conclusion.
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Therefore, the Court hereby ACCEPTS and ADOPTS Magistrate Judge Patti’s
August 16, 2018 Report and Recommendation [#18] as this Court’s findings of fact
and conclusions of law. Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.
Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.
SO ORDERED.

Dated:

September 19, 2018
s/Gershwin A. Drain
HON. GERSHWIN A. DRAIN
United States District Court Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing document was served on the attorneys
and/or parties of record by electronic means or U.S. Mail on September 19, 2018.
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s/Teresa McGovern
Case Manager Generalist

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